Aambra Foundation

AAMBRA Foundation is a Government of India registered Non Profit Organization, approved under section 80G of Income Tax Act 1961. AAMBRA came into formal inception in the year 2012 although it had been actively engaged in championing women’s causes for quite some time. The Foundation has conducted several national level seminars and consumer awareness and skill development workshops in New Delhi, free of cost, towards the wider objective of women empowerment through information dissemination and skill development. The foundation has been proactive in highlighting issues of contemporary relevance for the common Indian and also the Government, bureaucracy, media and civil society.

The journey of Aambra Foundation has its roots in the dynamics of India’s development. Notwithstanding our status as the world’s largest democracy and focus of governmental actions on the development of a disempowered population, the vulnerability of weaker sections of the society, like women and children, to abuse, neglect, discrimination, and exploitation remains a gigantic developmental challenge for the country.

India occupied 112th position in a list of 153 countries that were covered under the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap Index 2020, and in accordance to the UNGC (United Nations Global Compact) India study, India is the only country among the 153 surveyed countries where the economic gender gap is larger than the political gap. The study also additionally highlighted how gender stereotypes and lack of infrastructure deprives women from being able to reach leadership roles.

In fact, there are multiple other forms of deprivation that women continue to face due to lack of access to development opportunities like skill training, the prevalence of obscurantist social practices like patriarchy, and inadequate awareness of rights and entitlements as guaranteed under the Constitution of India and system of governance.

Aambra Foundation is therefore an attempt towards achieving 17 SDGs in alignment with the Govt of India’s transformative agenda – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. At the core of this global agenda for 2030 is the principle of universality: ‘Leave No One Behind’. Development in all its dimensions must include all people, everywhere, and should be built through the participation of everyone, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised. This comprehensive agenda recognises that it is no longer sufficient just to focus on economic growth, but on fairer and more equal societies, and a safer and more prosperous planet. At the UN Sustainable Development Summit in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted, “Sustainable development of one-sixth of humanity will be of great consequence to the world and our beautiful planet.

With a special focus on SDGs – 1,3,8,5,10, we strive to counter people’s vulnerabilities, especially that of women and children, by bridging developmental gaps that are manifested at the level of knowledge and access to opportunities. Although, the Trustees were actively working towards gender equality and social justice since past many years, the Foundation saw the light of the day in 2012 as a collective expression of their desire to contribute to the cause of social development. It was registered in Delhi in the same year as a non-profit charitable Trust under the Indian Trust Act, 1882. This marked the beginning of a journey that continues to gain momentum with every passing year.

Vision: 

A society that promotes and protects the rights of women, children and the disempowered people, that accords primacy to the principles of equality and dignity, and wherein obscurantist principles and practices are discarded.

Mission: 

• To promote gender equality by bridging gender gap and empowering women in need of protection
• Practice socially inclusive and holistic development
• Strengthen enabling environment for development of dispossessed and disempowered people
• Building synergy among individuals, institutions and commoners through debates, dialogues and congregations.

Aambra Foundation is registered under the following:

• Indian Trust Act, 1882
• Section 12 A read with 12AA(1)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961
• Section 80G (5)(VI) of the Income Tax Act, 1961
• The Income Tax Act, 1961 for Permanent Account Number (PAN)
• NGO Darpan (NITI Ayog)

Aambra Foundation practices transparency and conforms to the requirements of law and governance.

• Trustees meet at regular intervals to discuss and decide organizational matters.
• Views of Advisors and members of Core Council are obtained periodically according to needs.
• Annual accounts of the Trust are audited by a Chartered Accountant.
• Annual return of income is filed according to law.
• The Trust respects meritocracy.
• Trustees work voluntarily with selfless dedication, and do not receive any money for their services.

• Annual Reports
• Audited Reports

Vinita Bakshi 

An alumnus of Delhi School of Economics, an author, a social entrepreneur and a connoisseur of culture.

Mrs. Bakshi has a passion for literature and culture, and writes fiction and non-fiction bilingually in Hindi and English. Her debut work of fiction31 Miles: Can We Ever Win Against Ourselves? with Rupa Publications India was released in Jaipur Literature Festival 2017. The book has been widely reviewed by national and international media, senior journalists, and cinema personalities such as writer director Imtiaz Ali, ITV New York, Huffington Post, DD National, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Pioneer, The Statesman, The Tribune, The Asian Age, The Millennium Post, The News Now, The Different Truths, Savvy, Urban Asian and many other big and small newspapers and magazines. She has been a panelist at Jaipur Literature Festival, World Book Fair, London Stardust Show and Delhi Literature Festival, besides other prestigious forums. She is currently working on a sequel of 31 Miles and will soon be publishing her debut Hindi novel Bindu ka Dayra on a women centric theme. She has regularly contributed articles to news papers and magazines.

Her passion for culture is manifested in Aambrotsave- the Aambra Foundation’s annual festival of Indian culture which she choreographs. She is the former Director of National Institute of Jewellery, a Government of NCT of Delhi undertaking.

From an Innovative Pilot : A learning with a difference, to Successful Sidbi Project In order to provide girls and women with livelihood opportunities, Aambra Foundation, an NGO working steadfastly on the mission of gender empowerment for more than a decade, helmed a pilot project in July, 2021 in Bhatti Mines, New Delhi.. As part of the pilot, Paramdedics professional training was undertaken under the aegis of Samriddhi  to economically empower and make beneficiaries self-reliant. The one of its kind innovative initiative as conceptualized by Aambra facilitated a fully sponsored professional Clinical and Non-Clinical training for the selected beneficiaries. We offer professional trainings in Health and Nutrition, Basic Digital Literacy, Geriatric Sensitisation, Basic Spoken English as well as Personality Development and Work Motivation. The initiative garnered appreciation from several prestigious institutions and organisations. The initiative also received acknowledgment from Department of Women and Child Development, Government of NCT, Delhi(GNCTD). The project was supported with uncompromising assistance rendered by UN Women and Anganwadis – Ashaworkers at the grassroot level.

Adhering to the goal of the project and mission of Aambra Foundation to create a generation of trained and skilled youths that will push the social mobility of marginalized communities as well as contribute to their economic empowerment, the project was successfully completed with 121 aspiring girls/women who enrolled for the training to be caregivers.These beneficiaries have received career offers in the healthcare and allied sectors from various reputed organizations namely Apollo Home Care, Max Home Care, Caroline Healthcare, GET WELL SOON, Star Diagnostic Center, Udyan Care, Holy Family Hospital etc. trainees.

Words of Appreciation :
Special Secretary, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of NCT, Delhi(GNCTD)
“My sincere appreciation to a dedicated team of Aambra Foundation for undertaking the paramedic caregivers training to economically empower women and adolescent girls. We also appreciate your efforts of working in close coordination with the SSK Team on the ground at Bhatti Mines; bringing change in the lives of women and children by giving them the opportunity for skill training.”

Appreciation Letter :

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